Transfer-ticket.



PETER G. ROUSSEAS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TRANSFER-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. t4, i914.

limitation mea my 17, 1912. serial no. 709,943.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER Gr. RoUssEAs, a subject of the King of Greece, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have` invented new and useful lmprovements in Transfer-Tickets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists 0f a new and improved form of transfer ticket. It is devisedto be used -in connection with the cash and transfer registers which are now installed in most of the trolley cars of the country, and my device `is particularly adapted for use on lines where one or more transfers are allowed on the same fare.

By means of my ticket and the system with which it is used, it is utterly impossible for the conductor on a trolley or other railroad car to defraud the company.

It consists essentially of a number of tickets being bound together in a book having a detachable portion which is handed to the passenger when he pays his fare, and the stub of the ticket is kept by the conductor. At the same time the conductor rings up the fare received on the register. The tickets are printed in books of 100 or any other desired number, a book or books being furnished to the conductor for each trip. `lf theconductor is supposed to make say ten trips in a day, he has ten books of 10() tickets each handed to him. If on a trip he sells 50 tickets which he detaches from the stub, at the end of the trip he must turn in the book with 5() cash fares and the remaining 50 tickets intact, assuming of course that the book given him has 100 tickets.

When it is desired to issue a transfer upon a transfer, another ticket is issued which will be hereinafter described and which is bound in books of 1GO or any desired namber. The transfer tickets will preferably be of adiiferent color from the cash fare tickets.

My invention is more fully set forth in the following specification and drawings in which:

Figure l is a facsimile of a book without a cover, of 100 tickets known as #i or cash tickets. Fig. 2 is a facsimile of a book without a cover of 100 tickets of :#:2 or transfer tickets.

Cash or :#:1 dotata-The tickets are bound in books of 100` or any desired number. There is a stub a, having a detachable part Z2 to be handed to the passenger on payment to the passenger to `goes around during the trip.

of his fare. On the stub and also on the ticket may be printed an arbitrary style number, for instance 999, for purposes of identification and convenience of issuing ofcer etc. On the stub and also on the ticket is printed a facsimile of the dial of a register o having the words Register reading and the serial number of the ticket,.the first stub and ticket both being numbered one, and the direction of the trip viz; either in or out, and the trip number may also be on the dial. There is also a statement on both the stub and ticket that the ticket is a cash ticket. The ticket and stub will both contain the name of the company and the name of the line of the company. The stub and ticket will also both contain the statement that the ticket may on request of the passenger be exchanged for a transfer ticket, and the ticket alone will contain a request keep the ticket and show The ticket alone will also contain the hours both antemeridian cl and po-stmeridian e to be punched by the con ductor when it is to be used as a transfer, and also a place f next to the name of the line to which the transfer' is to be given, which place is to be punched by the conductor when the ticket is to be used by a passenger as a transfer.

By the use of Ithe #l ticket the following result will be attained z-When the passenger pays his fare, the conductor will tear off the detachable part of the ticket and hand it to the passenger when the conductor receives the fare. The conductor will then ring up on the register one fare, and of course the register will agree with the number of the stub from which the ticket has been detached. If the passenger does not require any transfer, he may either keep the ticket till the end of the trip or throw it it when required.

away. He is requested to keep it simply for the convenience of the inspector who If, on the other hand, the passenger wishes a transfer, he so informs the conductor at the time of paying his fare and receives his ticket, and the conductor punches the ticket given to the passenger opposite the name of the line to which the transfer is to be made.

When the passenger gets on the car of the line to which the transfer is given, he of course surrenders to the conductor of that line the ticket Z) given him on the first line, which the second line conductor keeps, either in his pocket or in a receptacle provided for such purpose in the car. The second line conductor then hands the passenger the #2 or transfer ticket from his book and rings up one on the transfer register.

Tc/cet #2 or transfer ticket-This ticket is, for the sake of convenience, preferably of a different color from the #l 0r cash fare ticket. It is bound in a book of any desired number, for example we will say 100. It may be detached from the stub by a perforation the same as ticket #1, but in addition thereto it has another perforated part whichinay be torn olf when required as will appear farther on in the explanation. This ticket consists of a stub g having two detachable parts viz: L and z'. This ticket like #1 has the names of the company, name of the line etc., also an arbitrary style nnmberLfor instance 666, if de sired; it also has a facsimile of a register dial j with the word Transfer thereon; also the trip number and the serial number of the ticket which is the same on the stub and on the detachable piece. Both the stub and ticket contain the words Transfer ticket. .The ticket contains the names of the lines to which transfer is to be made; also the hours both antemeridian and postmeridian. The ticket also contains in capitals the word Final printed on the last detachable portion z'. This #2 or transfer ticket is handed by the conductor to the passenger when he gets on the second line, as previously stated, and the conductor rings a fare up on the transfer register, the nnmp ber of which will correspond with the number on the #2 transfer ticket issued to the passenger. If the passenger simply wishes to stay on this second line and not transfer to a third, he retains the ticket until the end of the trip or throws it away if he desires. If, however, he desires to transfer to a third car line, he so states to the conductor when he gets on the second line, and the conductor on the second line punches the #2 ticket with the hour and the name of the third line at 7J to which the passenger wishes to transfer.

When the passenger gets on the third line, or last transfer line, he hands the #2 ticket, consisting of the parts It and z' shown in Fig. 2, to the conductor of the third line. The conductor of the third line then, from this book such as shown in Fig. 2, detaches the part z' having the word Final thereon from a ticket and hands this Final part to the passenger, and the conductor on the third line at the same time rings up on his transfer register a fare and retains #2 ticket given him by the passenger.

To state the system concisely in another way, the stub on the #l style of ticket acts as a receipt for cash fare tickets and the stub and first detachable part on the #2 transfer ticket act as a receipt to the company and conductor for the number and different kinds of transfer tickets received. The remaining portion -of the pad of tickets shows to the company that a certainnumber of receipts or tickets have been issued to the passengers, or that so many fares have been paid. The stubs retained by the conductor show how many cash fares have been received by the conductor, or how many transfers were issued by him and are turned into the companys offices at the end of the trip with the cash fares received. From the face of the exposed ticket of the remaining portion of the pad may be found the number of ticketsvissued by the conductor, which number should appear on the register, also, the last stub of the used pad shows on its face the exact number which should appear on the register. And in each case, both in the case of the cash ticket and` the transfer ticket, the cash and transfer registers of the various cars will show the same number as the last ticket delivered from the book in either case.

Referring again to the #1 or cash ticket, obviously at the end of a trip, assuming the conductor hastaken in 25 cash fares, he will have to turn in $1.25 and a book with remaining undetached portions .Z2 as shown in Fig. 1, and his cash register will show that he has rung up 25 cash fares. Referring now to the #2 or transfer and final ticket, of course this same conductor will I'have such a book. 7e will assume he has taken on 20 passengers with transfer tickets, 10 of whom vtransferred from the line on which they paid their cash fare. For these 10, at the end of the trip the conductor will turn in 10 stubs like t shown in Fig. 1, and the stub of his transfer book will show l0 stubs g with both the parts 71, and z' detached therefrom. The

other 10 passengers which have transferred to this 3rd line,

we will assume have transferred from the second line. The conductor on our line of which we are talking, will Y have to turn in at the end of his trip l0 transfer tickets containing intact, shown in Fig. 2, and his transfer or #2 book'will show 10 stubs having both the parts g and la thereon, but with the part i containing the word final detached therefrom; and his transfer register will show the parts i and z' that he has rung up in all 2O transfer registers. Needless to say, K will contain the #20 and the register will contain the #20. Itis for this reason that on the second figure is printed an arrow with Y the words See if this number agrees with register. This is simply to direct the passengers attention to the transfer regi`ster. For instance, in the case just cited, when the 21st passenger gets on a car with the transfer which he has received from either the first or second car, he'hands it to that the last stub `gV the conductor and receives as the case may be, either the full second ticket containing the parts la, and c' or if he is making his second transfer he Will simply receive the part t' With the Word Final on it, but Which ever kind the conductor gives him, Will contain the number 21 in the printed dial opposite the Word Transfers and the conductors transfer register Will indicate the number 21. Of course this system is not necessarily limited to tivo transfers but may be extended to a greater number if desired.

In addition to the advantages which have been pointed out, it Will be seen that if the passenger retains the ticket given him Whether it be a cash ticket or Whether it be a transfer ticket, it Will act as a receipt from the company for either his cash fare or his transfer from the precedingline, as the case may be and if the passenger retains this ticket till the end of the trip, no dispute can arise between him and the conductor as to Whether or not the passenger has paid his fare. Should a conductor demand the fare a second time from the passenger, the Vpassenger can simply show the ticket Which he has received from the conductor Which Will have a. serial number corresponding to one of the stubs on the conductors book of stubs and will also have the style number viz; in the case cited in number one, the style number 999. The same is true of the #2 style of ticket. y

Of course the details as to names of lines, arrangements of antemeridian and postmeridian etc., may all be varied to suit therequirements of the various companies Without departing from the spirit 'of my invention which broadly stated, is a system of fare Copies of this patent may be obtained for receipts and transfers in use with cash and transfer registers whereby the passenger has a receipt, and the company has a receipt from the conductor for every cash fare received by him and for every transfer ticket received by him.

I claim:-

l. A ticket comprising a body portion and a stub, a fac-simile of the dial of a register inscribed on the body portion and stub, each of said fac-similes having corresponding inscriptions denoting the number trips, and the direction of travel, a corresponding serial number on each body portion and stub, inscriptions on the body of the ticket designating the intersecting transfer line, and numbers on the body of the ticket for indicating the time limit of the transfer.

2. A transfer ticket comprising a body portion, a detachable coupon, and a stub, a fac-simile of the dial of' a fare register inscribed on the body portion and stub, each of said fac-similes having corresponding in scriptions denoting the number of transfers, trips, and the direction of travel, a corresponding serial number on the body of the body portion and the stub, inscriptions on the ticket and coupon designating the intersecting transfer line, and numbers on the body of the ticket and coupon for indicating the time limit of the ticket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PETER G. ROUSSEAS.

Witnesses:

HARILAUS S. ScoNoUiD, WM. E. VVARLAND.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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